Affiliation and function: Head of Cardiothoracic and vascular Surgery Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Laurent de Kerchove graduated in 1999 as a medical doctor at the UCL University, Brussels. After finishing his residency in cardiac surgery in 2006, Dr de Kerchove completed his training focused on multiple arterial grafting, valve repair and Ross procedure at the Clinic Universitaire Saint-Luc in Brussels under supervision of Prof. Gebrine el Khoury. He work as staff surgeon in this institution since 2008. He made his PhD in 2014 on “The role of annuloplasty in aortic valve repair”. He is Past President of the Belgian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeon (2019-2020). Since October 2023, he is Head of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. His areas of interest are valve repair, multiple arterial revascularization, Ross operation and aortic arch procedures.